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Theater: Do Cry for Evita

Michael Giltz | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Broadway, Broadway Musicals, Ricky Martin, Elena Roger, Evita, Musicals, Tim Rice, Eva Peron, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Video, Evita Broadway Revival, Evita Broadway, New York Around Town, Entertainment News

Frankly, it's difficult to understand why Elena Roger was cast. Roger unquestionably does not posses the pipes to sing this part. The entire show is built around what should be the fiery performance at its heart, making this Evita very cool indeed.

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Stage Door: Evita

Fern Siegel | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Ricky Martin, Tim Rice, Entertainment, Eva Peron, Musical, Theater, Broadway, Michael Cerveris, Elena Roger, Evita Broadway Revival, Evita Broadway, Evita, Evita Revival, Culture News

The Broadway revival of Evita at the Marquis Theater may have star power, but it lacks sizzle.

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Ricky Martin in Evita on Broadway: Loved It -- Can Puerto Rico Rise Like Eva Peron?

Henry Freeman | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Puerto Rico, Broadway, Ricky Martin, Evita, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Evita Revival, Evita Broadway Revival, Ricky Martin Evita, Evita Revival on Broadway, Entertainment News, Elena Roger, Entertainment News

When one leaves the Marquis Theatre in New York after watching Elena Roger, Michael Cerveris and Ricky Martin perform their art, it is hard (I'd even say impossible) to find any unhappy faces.

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New Rule For Broadway: Put Ricky Martin In Everything

AP | MARK KENNEDY | Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: Evita Review, Video, Ricky Martin, Andrew Lloyd Webber Evita, Evita Broadway, Broadway, Theater, Evita, Evita Reviews, Evita Revival on Broadway, Evita Ricky Martin, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Culture News

NEW YORK -- Much of the buzz coming from the new revival "Evita" has been about the spitfire Argentine playing the title role. But all of the heat act...

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Stage Door: Jesus Christ Superstar

Fern Siegel | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: Des McAnuff, Broadway, Tim Rice, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Jesus Christ Superstar, Broadway Shows, Jesus Christ Superstar Review, Arts News

This production, a zippy revival of the Tim Rice/Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, is at the Neil Simon Theater. Forty years ago, a rock opera was big news on Broadway, and the pop music and camp elements continue to grab the audience's attention.

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Theater: Jesus Christ Superstar Not Divine, Regrets Has a Few

Michael Giltz | Posted 05.28.2012

Read More: Alexis Bledel, Broadway, Theater, Musicals, Andrew Lloyd Webber, NY Theater, Regrets Play, Regrets, Regrets Play Review, Musical Theater, Jesus Christ Superstar, Regrets Review, NY Around Town, Jesus Christ Superstar Review, Video, Culture News

When Jesus has died for your sins and the bright lights break out and the orchestra plays the triumphant "da-da-dum" of the title song and the actor playing Jesus strides in blazing white to the front of the stage, you can't help but feel it would be churlish not to rise to your feet, whatever you thought of the show.

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Andrew Lloyd Webber's 'Phantom' Sequel Hits Theaters Today

Posted 02.28.2012

Read More: Video, Phantom of the Opera, Andrew Lloyd Webber Love Never Dies, Highlight Reel Andrew Lloyd Webber Love Never Dies, Love Never Dies, Theater, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Culture News

Andrew Lloyd Webber's decadent production of "Love Never Dies," his sequel to "Phantom of the Opera," premiers on the silver screen in the U.S. Feb. 2...

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Andrew Lloyd Webber On Taking Cold War Scandal To Stage

Posted 02.27.2012

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Andrew Lloyd Webber, creator of the most successful theatrical production in history "The Phantom of the Opera," is trying his hand at a scandalous st...

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Andrew Lloyd Webber Is 'Sure' 'Phantom' Sequel Will Hit Broadway

Posted 02.24.2012

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NEW YORK - By Frank Scheck - Despite some savage reviews when Andrew Lloyd Webber's sequel to "Phantom of the Opera" opened in London, the Briti...

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Actors Discuss Legacy Of Phantom Of The Opera (VIDEO)

Posted 02.08.2012

Read More: Phantom of the Opera History, Phantom of the Opera, Video, Musicals, Trista Moldovan, Andrew Lloyd Webber, The Phantom of the Opera, Hugh Panaro, Arts News

For the past 25 years, Andrew Lloyd Weber's epic musical, "The Phantom of the Opera," has ruled Broadway and beyond. Actors Trista Moldovan and Hugh P...

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'LOVE NEVER DIES': THE RETURN OF THE PHANTOM

HuffingtonPost.com | Amy Lee | Posted 02.06.2012

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Andrew Lloyd Webber has been working on a sequel to his iconic show, "The Phantom of the Opera," for more than 20 years. But the process has not been ...

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Andrew Lloyd Webber: London Olympics Will Force Theaters To Close

AP | Posted 02.29.2012

Read More: London Theaters, Olympics, Olympics 2012, London West End, London Olympics 2012, Olympics Theaters, Andrew Lloyd Weber Olympics, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Culture News

LONDON — Andrew Lloyd Webber says London's Olympic Games will force most of the capital's theaters to close for the summer. Lloyd Webber said F...

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'The Phantom Of The Opera' Hits 25: Hal Prince Speaks

HuffingtonPost.com | Amy Lee | Posted 11.30.2011

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Even if you haven't seen "Phantom of the Opera" before, you know what it's about: Disfigured musical genius in mask seduces innocent young opera singe...

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"Cats," Musical Theatre West

James Scarborough | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kelli Provart, Daniel Dawson, Musical Theatre West, Cats, Clent Bowers, Trevor Nunn, Terra C. MacLeod, Carly Wielstein, Jacob Haren, Old Possum?S Book of Practical Cats, Joseph Corella, T.S. Eliot, Tiffany Renee Reid, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Eddie Korbich, Glaudini, Arts News

We know that cats have nine lives. "Cats," based on T.S. Eliot's "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats," with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, with additional lyrics by Trevor Nunn, shows us how this process of reincarnation works.

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Emmy Rossum Revels in Being Shameless

Cynthia Ellis | Posted 05.25.2011

Emmy Rossum is beautiful and sexy enough to rest on her laurels, but her talent and drive are having none of that.

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My Issue With Susan Boyle

Melody Breyer-Grell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: England, The Tonight Show, Abc, Cats, Whooppi Goldberg, Susan Boyle, Britian's Got Talent, Susan Boyle Video, Hugh Grant, The View, Les Miserables, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Sherrie Sheppard, Arts News

Susan Boyle's recent performance on The View was not that of a professional, but of a scared hit-or-miss amateur who seems to have lost her joy for singing.

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Penguin Re-Releases The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins

Cynthia Ellis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Brangelina, Avatar, Wilkie Collins, The Sopranos, People Magazine, The Woman in White, Broadway, Charles Dickens, John Sutherland, Kauai, All the Year Round, Penguin Classics, Henry James, Matthew Sweet, Amazon, Sarah Jessica Parker, Alfred Hitchcock, New York Review of Magazines, Mad Men, James Wilkie Broderick, US Weekly, The Godfather, West End, Nora Ephron, Abraham Lincoln, Cynthia Ellis, Star Magazine, A Tale of Two Cities, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Six Feet Under, Matthew Broderick, Barack Obama, Jonathan Franzen, 3d, Books News

Reading The Woman in White is not unlike being in a cage surrounded by sharks, if you could somehow eat crème brulee at the same time. It is exquisitely uncomfortable.

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PHOTOS: Andrew Lloyd Webber FINALLY Sells Apartment For $16.6M

Posted 05.25.2011

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Andrew Lloyd Webber, the British composer of "The Phantom of the Opera" and "Cats" finally sold his Trump Tower Duplex for $16.5 million dollars (via ...

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From No Chocolate Cake to a Reckoning: Conversations with Gin Blossoms, Luke Doucet, and Tony Lunn

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: No Chocolate Cake: Conversations With Gin Blossoms, Robert Crumb, High School Reunion, A&M Records, Sarah McLachlan, And Tony Lunn Tony Lunn, Sarah Palin, South by Southwest, Hot Hot Heat, Marc Cohn, Big Brother & the Holding Company, Sloan, Judy Collins, Crowded House, The Odds, Marshall Crenshaw, McCabe's Guitar Shop, Capitol Records, Hurricane Katrina, Cheap Trick, President Clinton, Rick Parker, All We Are Saying, Cubbie Bear, Switchfoot, Columbia Records, Pat Pattison, Eddie Money, David Anderle, Tom Petty, Rosanna Arquette, Tom DeSavia, Merle Travis, Christine O'donnell, Darrell Scott, Grammy Award, The Rembrandts, Styx, Peter Case, Scott Johnson, Benny & Joon, Paul Simon, David Collier, Danny Wilde, John Hiatt, Janis Joplin, Andrew Scott, Gas Giants, Luke Doucet, Kelly Ryan, Chris Murphy, Chet Atkins, Control, Ian Curtis, Joy Division, Steve Seskin, Bill Leen, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Elektra Records, Jethro Tull, Harvey Pekar, Simon & Garfunkel, Robin Wilson, The Shoes, Arif Mardin, Geffen Records, Kruu-Fm, The Jerk, Train, Craig Northey, Virgin Records, Gin Blossoms, Anton Corbijn, Badfinger, Jess Valenzuela, Shubas, Anberlin, Grammy Awards, Entertainment News

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Andrew Lloyd Webber's On Market For $19 Million, Third Time Composer Has Listed It (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post/AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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Stage Door: Restoration, Phantom of the Opera

Fern Siegel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michelangelo's David, Renaissance, Musicals, Entertainment, Art, Broadway, Claudia Schear, Off-Broadway, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Theater, New York News

If you weren't in love with Michelangelo's David, before, you will be after Restoration, Claudia Shear's love letter to the world's most famous sculpture.

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First-Nighter: Andrew Lloyd Webber's Love Never Dies Doesn't and Then Almost Does

David Finkle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Glenn Slater, The Paris Opera House, Ben Elton, Harold Prince, Love Never Dies, Summer Strallen, Jerry Mitchell, Adolph Deutsch, Bob Crowley, Jack O'Brien, The Apartment, Maria Bjornson, Sierra Boggess, MIchael Crawford, Phantom of the Opera, Gaston Leroux, The Adelphi, Ramin Karimloo, Charlie Manton, Coney Island, Joseph Millson, Liz Robertson, Jon Driscoll, Frederick Forsyth, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Scott Penrose, Arts News

Judged by some compromised standards, Love Never Dies is not the metaphorical crashing chandelier it's reputed to be.

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Music Videos Can Save Broadway

James Sims | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Green Day, The Phantom of the Opera, Musical Theater, Broadway, Theater, Leonard Bernstein, Music, New York City, Oscar Hammerstein, Mtv, West End, Music Video, Theatre, Marketing, Youtube, George Gershwin, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Business, Entertainment News

As traditional marketing methods prove incapable of creating enough buzz to sell out a new Broadway musical, now is the time for producers and marketing executives to get creative. Whether it's big budget reality shows or viral music videos, there are options for any budget.

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Even Lloyd Webber isn't sure why Phantom of the Opera is his biggest hit

Ginny Dougary | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Musicals, West End, The Phantom of the Opera, Musical Theater, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Entertainment News

The Times February 13, 2010 - Ginny Dougary As a sequel to the Phantom opens, he talks about his new 'almost cool' status, his father's roving eye --...

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Andrew Lloyd Webber Has Cancer

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cancer, Andrew Lloyd Webber Cancer, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Entertainment News

LONDON — Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, his spokeswoman said Sunday. The 61-year-old Lloyd Webber's cond...

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